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The Beatles release their final song, “Now and Then”

November 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

The long anticipated final song from The Beatles is finally here.

The track, “Now and Then,” features vocals John Lennon recorded on a demo in the late ’70s. In 1994, his wife, Yoko Ono, gave the three-song demo to surviving Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. They then used it to create “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love,” which appeared on The Beatles Anthology project in the mid ’90s.

Unfortunately, at that time, technology wasn’t good enough to extract Lennon’s vocals from “Now and Then,” but in 2021, Peter Jackson, director of The Beatles: Get Back docuseries, developed new technology to isolate Lennon’s instruments and vocals. Paul and Ringo completed the song in 2022, using guitar parts Harrison recorded in 1995.

You can listen to “Now and Then” now via digital services and on YouTube. The official video for the song is set to drop Friday, November 3, at 10 a.m.

The final track is being released as a double-A side single paired with “Love Me Do,” the band’s 1962 debut single. It is available for preorder now.

Jung Kook to make ‘Tonight Show’ solo debut

November 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Jung Kook is ready to make his Tonight Show solo debut.

The BTS star will appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday, November 6, as a guest and performer.

Jimmy announced the appearance with a video on social media. While looking at a calendar, Jimmy starts singing Jung Kook’s hit “Seven,” which names the days of the week. He stops on Monday, November 6, and Jung Kook’s name appears as we hear the singer’s voice say, “Jimmy…See you soon!”

Jung Kook’s debut solo album, Golden, comes out on Friday.

Green Day confirms 2024 tour + releases new ‘Saviors’ song, “Look Ma, No Brains!”

November 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Green Day has confirmed the details of their 2024 tour.

The North American trek runs from July 29 in Washington, D.C., to September 28 in San Diego. As previously teased during the “American Idiot” trio’s last-minute Las Vegas club show in October, the bill will also include The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid and The Linda Lindas.

Along the way, Green Day will headline Montreal’s Osheaga festival, taking place August 2-4.

Tickets to the tour go on sale Friday, November 10, at 10 a.m. local time. Presales begin Tuesday, November 7.

Green Day has also announced a European tour launching May 30 in Spain with support from The Hives, The Interrupters and Nothing But Thieves, among others.

For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit GreenDay.com.

Green Day will be touring behind their upcoming album Saviors, due out January 19. The record includes the lead single “The American Dream Is Killing Me” along with a just-released tune called “Look Ma, No Brains!” You can listen to that now via digital outlets and watch its accompanying video streaming now on YouTube.

Missy Elliott talks preparing to become the 1st female rapper inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

November 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Missy Elliott is opening up as she prepares to make history as the first female rapper to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

The four-time Grammy Award winner sat down with Robin Roberts in an interview that aired Thursday on Good Morning America, reflecting on her life journey as she gears up for the huge milestone of her career.

Also known as Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott, the hip-hop star explained the origin of the moniker which she said was given by Magoo of Timbaland & Magoo. “He named me that,” she shared. “He said, ‘It was a crime to have as many talents as I had.'”

Growing up, the “Work It” songstress said she always dreamed of being a “superstar,” adding, “I never wavered. I never changed. I said it every time.”

Looking back through her decades of experience working in the industry, Elliott, 52, said “words cannot describe” how honored she feels to have been selected an inductee of the most prestigious hall in music. She told Roberts, as an artist from the “hip-hop world,” such a goal “seemed so far out of reach.”

During the upcoming ceremony, which streams on Disney+ Friday, November 3, the hip-hop superstar will be introduced by Queen Latifah — a pioneering female rapper Elliott is thankful for.

“I owe so many flowers, bouquets. It’s not enough bouquets for those women that came before me. And she’s one of those women,” she said.

Also in attendance for the special event will be Elliott’s mother whom she claims never witnessed her perform live.

Elsewhere in her chat with Roberts, Elliott said she’d offer this advice to her younger self: “‘There is a bright future for you, and keep goin.'”

Grateful Dead launches 30 Days of Dead

November 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Grateful Dead fans are going to get a lot of great music in the month of November.

The band just launched 30 Days of Dead, in which every day fans will get an unreleased live Dead track from the vault. Each high-quality MP3 download has been selected by Dead archivist and producer David Lemieux.

And that’s not all. As each track is released, fans will have a chance to win prizes if they can correctly guess where and when the show it came from took place. Each day correct answers will be entered for a chance to win a 2024 Grateful Dead wall calendar. Correct answers will also be entered to win a grand prize of the Dead’s Here Comes Sunshine box set, which is currently sold out.

30 Days of the Dead kicked off on Wednesday, November 1, with a performance of “Comes a Time,” a song that was first played in 1971 and played for the last time in 1994.

More information can be found at dead.net.

Reba loves the camaraderie present between ‘The Voice’ coaches

November 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Reba McEntire may be the newest coach on The Voice, but this ain’t her first rodeo.

She’s starred in multiple movies and television shows, including her beloved namesake sitcom, Reba. In fact, for the “Fancy” singer, the friendship she has with fellow coaches Gwen Stefani, Niall Horan and John Legend reminds her of her time with her Reba cast members.

“We have our coaches meeting before we go in to start the TV show and it reminds me so much of the Reba show,” Reba shares. “We’ll all be visiting and telling stories about, ‘Oh, did you see Beyoncé‘s show? Oh, my gosh. What? Did you see the horse and all that?’ And then the producers, Audrey and Kyra, will be there like, ‘We got to get going.'”

“That camaraderie, I think, is what I love so much,” she says.

The real-life friendship the coaches share extends to their onscreen time where they banter, challenge and sometimes ridicule each other in good fun.

“We’ll be jokingly cruel [sometimes] with each other, but it is for fun and entertainment and nobody takes it seriously,” says Reba. “Any jabs that we do is so funny. Niall will say, ‘Gweny, I’m not afraid of you! Yes, I am,’ and just silly, funny things. Everybody’s got a great sense of humor and we use it.”

The Voice airs Mondays at 8 p.m. ET and Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.

Reba’s new lifestyle book, Not That Fancy: Simple Lessons on Living, Loving, Eating, and Dusting Off Your Boots, and its companion album, Not That Fancy, are out now.

Olivia Rodrigo unveils ‘Can’t Catch Me Now,’ new track for ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’

November 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Olivia Rodrigo is ready to make her musical mark on the silver screen with her brand-new tune titled “Can’t Catch Me Now” from the highly-anticipated film, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.

The announcement came on Wednesday, November 1, with Lionsgate unveiling the exciting news with a colossal billboard that took over the heart of New York City’s Times Square. It also streamed live during a special one-hour event on TikTok, per a press release.

As a special treat for fans, a mini-listening session let them savor a 60-second teaser of Olivia’s latest musical creation. But the surprises didn’t stop there — cast members Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, and Josh Andrés Rivera were on the scene, adding an extra dose of star power to the spectacle.

The Times Square gathering was also treated to a glimpse of the upcoming movie, followed by a live performance featuring a choir of over 50 members singing “The Hanging Tree.”

The extravaganza also marked the commencement of ticket sales of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, which hits theaters on November 17.

“Can’t Catch Me Now,” just the first tantalizing morsel from the 17-song soundtrack, is available for pre-order, and is set to drop with the film’s release date.

Dirty Honey finds big riffs & “studio magic” on sophomore album, ’Can’t Find the Brakes’

November 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Dirty Honey Can’t Find the Brakes on their new album, but they did find a whole lotta riffs.

Take lead single “Won’t Take Me Alive,” which is based around a lick created by guitarist John Notto.

“I’m not scared of saying I think it’s one of the best riffs I’ve heard in the last decade in rock music,” frontman Marc LaBelle tells ABC Audio.

While “Won’t Take Me Alive” follows in the tradition of past Dirty Honey tunes like “When I’m Gone,” “Rolling 7s” and “California Dreamin’,” Can’t Find the Brakes has its fair share of experimentation, fostered by an in-person recording environment that the band didn’t have on their 2021 self-titled debut. That resulted in a few moments of what Notto calls “studio magic,” such as the outro to the closing track “Rebel Son,” which was a last-minute, spur-of-the-moment addition.

Notto recalls there being a suggestion to rerecord and “perfect” the jam, but he and his bandmates wanted to keep its “raw spirit.”

“That’s certainly a first for us, to have something like that on a record, any record,” he says.

Can’t Find the Brakes marks Dirty Honey’s second album with producer Nick DiDia, and the group felt more confident to advocate for their ideas amid disagreements. For example, LaBelle was adamant about keeping a particular vocal intro in the opening track, “Don’t Put Out the Fire.”

“You have to keep asking yourself, ‘Do I really believe in this?,’ when you’re fighting for it,” Notto says.

He laughs, “And then you have to tell this older man who’s made, like, I don’t know, 20 massive records that he’s wrong.”

Can’t Find the Brakes drops Friday, November 3.

Imagine Dragons, blink-182 headlining Mexico’s 2024 Tecate Pa’l Norte festival

November 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Imagine Dragons and blink-182 are among the headliners for Mexico’s 2024 Tecate Pa’l Norte festival, taking place March 29-31.

The bill also includes Thirty Seconds to Mars, Keane, Bad Religion, Young the Giant, Highly Suspect, Sum 41, Turnstile, Placebo, Royal Blood and The Warning.

For the full lineup and all ticket info, visit TecatePalNorte.com.

‘Essence’s annual holiday special to include Tamar Braxton, Jacquees, Tyla

November 2, 2023 by WDNY Radio

Essence will host “a journey of joy” this Black Friday with its annual holiday special, taking place online on November 24.

Featured on the all-star lineup of fan-favorite Black music artists is Jacquees, Tamar Braxton, Kim Burrell, rising R&B singer Tyla and others.

Also included in the special: T.I. and Tiny‘s young daughter Heiress, who’ll lead a performance by the Atlanta Children’s Choir.

In tandem with the magazine’s holiday issue, the Essence Holiday Special supports its mission of highlighting the importance of economic empowerment and community solidarity by encouraging viewers to shop Black during the holidays.

The November/December issue, currently on newsstands, also includes a comprehensive gift guide to top Black-owned businesses across the country.

The 2023 Essence Holiday Special, hosted by Reginae Carter and Jacob Latimore, “will pay tribute to the holiday traditions that hold a special place in our hearts … the traditions that bind us, connect us, and remind us of our shared cultural heritage.”

To join in on the holiday fun, navigate to Essence.com on November 24 at 8 p.m. ET.

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